Daily Republican., 1887-09-15
THIRD EDITION.
A ssrike Averted,

PorrsvrLLE, Pa Sept. 14.--rhe ses-
pense wbicn has oppressed everybody
here for the past week Ia over, tor the
has been Authenttcaiiy
made that there will DO no miners
strike in the schuylkiil region. fxrsu-
ant TO appointment, the conference be-
tween the miners demand c0myutttes |
and General Manager Whiting. Super.
intendent veith and other Oh Hcials OF
the Phila delphla and Reading Goal and
Iron Company began 81 the oomEanys
office at 9 O'Clock this morning. when
m adjournment wac taken nc noon no
information was vouchsated Is 10 the
result, and at p. m. the conference
was renewed and continued until aitei
D. ra., when the company 0mciais Aho
the nemh hers of che miners com mittee
AGAIN made their appearance outside
the office. The cheerful countensn
wurn BY ali the conferrees bespoke
satistsotory result, and. while any
stAteuhent Of the terms Of agreement
was positively den cd, IL was unre-
seryedly announced that definite and
satisfsctory settlement had been reach
ed. and that There would be no strike.
Manager Whiting will again refer
tho terms 70 the receivers Of the cotA-
psuy for ratification, which action 10,
however, regarded 40 mere formslsty.
and whe.. their appreciation shall Ea7s
been Bbtaiaed--prUSsply on HfFily
us4t-the tsot viii bs seumnunicasso 10
one OF the mem bers OF the demand com
mtttee selected to receive 1t, ana we
terms of agreement will then be maae
public.
Notwithstanding the refusal Of those
Immediately concerned in the con fer
tn a n 4A nitElU fhA tal n
agreed upon, It 10 learned from trust
worthy source that the company of =
ciale granted an advance OF PER cent.
over the basis wages, which 10 com
prom ise of per cent. the original DO
maud having been for 10 per cent In
reality the advance 10 only 4 per cent
As for some time the meu nave been G.
ceiving 4 per cent. over basis wa9es
The agreement v I'll take effect from tn,
1st inst and will expire on January j
1885. The miners are to have the 40
vantage Of any better terms that nsy b.
obtained by the strikers IN other regions
aud II the strike In the other region
shall prove q failure the company
miners are to resume work At the oil
basis figures. The agreement cau be re
newed &C its expiration.
EAZLEToN, Pa, Sept. IA Every
thing was quiet In TINS region W Jay
The miners remain orderly, and hav
keen eagerly Swaitipg the result OF th
confere nee at Pottsviile. Not only hAv
the miners baen waiting u hear th
outcome OF the conference, but the bus
ness men have been as eager TO hear II
news as those who were directly int
ested, as IL is the opinion here that III
result Of the Pottsville conference wi
compel the Individual operators In tt
Lehigh reeieu to sgree TO the san
terms, although Coke ard Pardee d
clare they will not be governed by an
labor committee. g. b. Earkle Il Co
operating at Yeldo, have expresst
themselves 40 willing TO advance Il
wages Of their employees II other oper
tors Of the region will do likewise.
When James Broderick, one OF Il
officers of the knights of Labor, retur
ed from Pottsville, he was beseiged
hundreds of miners and business mt
eager to learn the result OF the confe
ence. He said to them that "the aSre
ment was made to give the miners {
advance In the Schuylkiil region of
per cent. on the present basis al leas t